| They can break the rules. They can bury you in paperwork. They can lie. They can abuse their power. They can hurt people. They can do all this impunity. It's not just that they can. It's that they almost certainly will. Injustice is not an aberration in this world, it's practically the norm. Anyone who has tried to bring about change, who has tried to do the right thing, who has tried to follow virtue to its natural conclusions has found this out. But you know what they can't do? They can't make you be like them. This is what Marcus Aurelius reminds himself at the beginning of Meditations. "No one can implicate me in ugliness," he writes. Later in Meditations he observes that he can never truly be harmed by an outside force because outside forces have no sway over his soul, over his character. Yes, the powers that be can stymie us but they can't force us to like them…or be like them. That's a choice we make. That's something that's in our power. That's something that we can and must resist. They're going to do what they're going to do—cheat, abuse, hurt, act with injustice—but we're not. We're going to stay at it. We're going to keep going back (as we talked about). We're going to be and do good. That's the aim of Ryan Holiday's newest book Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds… Right Thing, Right Now is a roadmap to help you become more tolerant, more forgiving, more generous. To help you find the strength to protect yourself against outside forces and stand by your convictions. To help you toughen yourself against the ugliness and deceit of others. To help you raise better children and be more giving to your friends, family, and community. Because we want to encourage you to preorder the book, we put together some exciting bonuses for you, like a signed, numbered page from the original manuscript (full of Ryan's handwritten edits!) and a welcome video from Ryan where he discusses how working on the book strengthened his own convictions. We also worked with the publisher on an initial run of numbered, signed copies available while supplies last (pictured above!). Plus, we have unsigned copies cheaper than Amazon. Head here to learn more about these bonuses and how to receive them TODAY! *** | 
